Mount for cards, etc.



June 2, 1936. L. A. MACLEAN MQUNT FOR CARDS, ETC

Filed July 20, 1935 1w Jam/d flik/M 7 M w Patented June 2, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Application July 20,

4 Claims.

The object of this invention is to provide simple and effective means for mounting on a relatively stiff backing member, one or more cards such as photographic prints, or any other sheetlike articles of light weight. Said means may be adapted to consecutively mount a plurality of cards in overlapping relation to each other, or to mount only a single card.

Of the accompanying drawing forming a. part of this specification:-

Figure 1 shows a strip of flexible sheet material partly prepared to constitute a mount ed to hold a plurality of cards.

Figure 2 shows the completed strip.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 shows the completed strip in perspective.

Figure 5 shows in perspective the strip attached :0 to a backing member and a plurality of cards consecutively mounted in overlapping relation.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a mount adapted to hold one card.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

Referring to Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, l2 designates a strip of flexible material, preferably thin cloth, having an adhesive gum coating l3 on its rear side, its front side being non-adhesive. The

strip is provided with a plurality of preferably curved incisions l4 defining the free salient ends of tabs l5 integral with the strip, each tab having on one side a portion l3 of the gum coating I 3 as shownby Figure 3. 1

Scores or creases l6, shown by dotted lines in Figure 1, extend between the ends of the incisions i4 and are preferably formed by the same operation which forms the incisions.

The tabs are bent outward from the strip and folded against the non-adhesive front side of the strip, the non-adhesive side of each tab being inward. The scores or creases l6 define hinge portions of the strip connecting the tabs therewith. The gum coating l3 of each tab is exposed at the outer sideiof the strip.

The gummed rear side of the strip is attachable to a backing member l6, and cards I! or the like, are attachable to the exposed gummed sides of the tabs, so that they lie in overlapped relation to each other as shown by Figure 5, each card being adapted to be swung outwardly from the backing.

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Figure 6 shows a mount which may be produced by severin the strip l2, between the incisions, said mount including a single tab, a body [2? of limited area and a score or crease-defining a hinge.

The incision l4 may be of any form causing it to define afree tab edge, the ends of which meet the ends of the hinge portion I6, the central portion being oifset from said hinge portion to impart a suitable width to the tab I5.

'I claim:

1. A mount for cards and the like composed of a mounting strip of flexible sheet material adapted to consecutively mount a plurality of cards in overlapping relation to each other on a ll backing member, said strip having a gum coat ing on its rear side, a non-adhesive front side, and a plurality of transverse incisions defining free ends of tabs integral with the strip, each tab having on one side a portion of the gum 20 coating, and a non-adhesive opposite side, said tabs being bent outward from the strip and folded against the non-adhesive front side thereof-with its non-adhesive side inward, the portions ofthe gum coating on thetabs being exposed at the 26 outer side of the strip, the gummed side of the stripbeing attachable to a backing member, and cards orthe like being attachable to the gummed sides of the tabs so that they lie in overlapped relation on the outer side of the strip and the 3G backing member.

2. A mount for cards and the like comprising, in combination, a backing member, a flexible body of sheet material having a .gum coating on and co-extensive with its rear side, a non-adhe- 3E sive outer side, and a transverse incision defining a free end of a tab integral with said body, said tab being bent outward from the body and folded against the non-adhesive side of the body with its non-adhesive side inward and facing the nonadhesive outer side of the body, and its gummed side outward, and exposed, the gummed inner side of the body being attachable to the backing member, and a card or the like being attachable to the exposed gummed side of the ta 3. A mount as specifiedby claim 1, the strip being provided with scores or creases extending between the ends of the incisions.

4. A mount as specified by claim 2, the body being provided with a score or crease extending between the ends of its incision.

LEONARD A. MACLEAN. 

